Out This Week 8/12

It’s a quiet week for new releases, but at the front of the pack is the debut full-length from UK artist FKA Twigs. KEXP Music Director Don Yates describes the album as “a knockout set of futuristic R&B with a spacious, slow-burning sound combing glitchy electronic textures and eerie narcotic beats with her breathy vocals and intimate lyrics of longing and vulnerability.”

Other highlights include the sophomore release from Ethiopian-Finnish artist Mirel Wagner. Her latest is “a stunning set of haunting, blues-tinged folk-pop, combining a stark, slow-burning sound with Wagner’s airy vocals and dark lyrics of death and desolation.” Chris Staples‘ 2012 self-released album gets a reissue from local label Barsuk; Yates describes it as “a solid set of intimate, finely chiseled folk-pop.” Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison release his solo debut under the name Owl John, and Los Angeles hip-hop crew Dilated Peoples return with their first album since 2006.